WTAW - Interviews

This podcast contains comments from the June 16, 2026 College Station ISD school board meeting. Around 1,500 College Station ISD employees are dealing with a new provider of health insurance. Price was the driving factor in the CSISD school board decision's at their June 16th meeting. Changing to Baylor Scott & White (BSW) starting September 1 was going to save between $87 and $455 dollars a m...

The director of Texas A&M's veterinary emergency team, Dr. Deb Zoran, visits with WTAW's Will Welch and Tucker Young on The Infomaniacs June 24, 2026 to talk about the New World Screwworm.

This podcast contains comments from the June 15, 2026 Bryan ISD school board meeting. Bryan ISD school board members agree to go through a different process to replace mechanical equipment.  Deputy superintendent Brian Merrell's recommendation was unanimously approved at the last board meeting (June 15) to pay for replacing air conditioning chillers at six elementary schools with bond money from 2...

This podcast contains comments from the June 11, 2026 College Station city council meeting. The city of College Station is in the middle of the public comment period about how more than $3.5 million dollars in federal community development grant money will be spent next year. Raney Whitwell of the city's community development office told the city council at their last meeting (June 11) that the mo...

This podcast contains comments from the June 9, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. A committee appointed at the last Brazos County commission meeting (June 9) has more than 50 people.  After county judge Duane Peters spent more than five minutes reading the names, the initial reaction from commissioner Fred Brown was that this committee, to consider salary appeals by elected officials, was "go...

This podcast contains comments from the June 16, 2026 College Station ISD school board meeting. College Station ISD school board members adopt a budget for the 2026-27 school year which requires taking more than $6 six million dollars out of savings and decreases the property tax rate by almost one cent. CSISD chief financial officer Healther Wilson told board members the budget reflects adding $4...

This podcast contains comments from the June 9, 2026 Bryan city council meeting. The first activity hosted by the new Bryan Youth Sports Association received rave reviews at the June meeting of the Bryan city council meeting.  Councilwoman Marca Ewers-Shurtleff said a tackle football camp drew the maximum registration of 125 fourth through sixth grade students in Bryan ISD. Shurtleff said "And eve...

This podcast contains comments from the June 15, 2026 Bryan ISD school board meeting. Bryan ISD school board members approve the purchase of online monitoring of buses and express no opposition to the administration's plan to schedule the replacement of buses. The cost of a pilot program to track buses, more than $261,000 dollars, will be paid from surplus money in BISD's 2020 bond issue.  BISD's...

This podcast contains comments from the June 11, 2026 College Station city council meeting. The College Station city council agrees with the city manager to not require owners of student rental housing and short term rentals to notify renters about city ordinances.  City manager Bryan Woods promoted at the last council meeting (June 11), the city doing more to inspire owners to voluntarily tell th...

This podcast contains comments from the June 9, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. Last year, Brazos County commissioners approved $1 million dollars in this year's budget to hire an outside consultant to develop a 20 to 25 year master plan.  At the commission's June 9th meeting, approval was given to recommendations to start accepting proposals and form the committee that will review the prop...

College Station city councilman Bob Yancy visits with WTAW's Tucker Young on The Infomaniacs June 19, 2026. Topics includes a preview of a upcoming council discussion on the Northgate District area plan, data centers, the impact in College Station of the proposed SpaceX project in Grimes County, public participation in council meetings, and Yancy's possible candidacy for mayor.

This podcast contains comments from the June 11, 2026 College Station city council meeting. The College Station city council discussed, but took no additional action at its June 11th meeting, on how to reduce the number of crashes involving electric scooters, bicycles, and related vehicles. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the June 11, 2026 College Station city council m...

This podcast contains comments from the June 16, 2026 College Station ISD school board meeting. For the second time in three months, College Station ISD school board members and administrators discuss in private, safety and security issues.  The only thing that was said at the June 16th meeting, came from board president Kim Ege. She quoted the agenda, which said "The Board will meet in executive...

This podcast contains comments from the June 9, 2026 Bryan city council meeting. The Bryan city council supports removing metal benches at the Bryan and Oakwood city cemeteries. Parks and recreation director Mike Riggens told councilmembers that staff brought issues to the city's cemetery advisory board.  The board at its April 22nd meeting recommended to amend the ordinance to immediately not all...

This podcast contains comments from Brazos County veteran services officer Kale Murray at the June 9, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. Brazos County's new veteran services officer updates county commissioners on activities. Kale Murray, who was promoted in March 2026, was hired in 2024 to run the Brazos County VSO branch office at Texas A&M to work with 4,000 Aggie veterans. Since his pr...

This podcast is a visit with Brazos County veterans services officer Kale Murray and WTAW's Tucker Young on The Infomaniacs June 18, 2026.

This podcast is a visit with Chris Lamb of the Bryan fire department and WTAW's Tucker Young on The Infomaniacs June 18, 2026 about summer heat reminders.

This podcast is the June 17, 2026 news conference after Texas A&M track and field head coach Pat Henry announced his retirement after 22 years with the Aggies as part of a 54 year career. Henry is introduced by Texas A&M athletic director Trev Alberts.

This podcast contains comments from the June 16, 2026 Blinn College board of trustees meeting. Blinn College's official enrollment for the 2026 spring semester was the highest spring headcount since the pandemic. But most of the conversation at Tuesday's (June 16) board of trustees meeting was about the continued decline on the Bryan campus. This spring's headcount of 3,764 compares with more than...

Bryan ISD school board members on Monday night (June 15) unanimously approve a balanced budget for the next fiscal year that does not change their property tax rate and does not require spending money from reserves. Board member David Stasny brought up the budget taking into account, their decision two weeks ago to sell land and a building for $375,000 dollars. That's an action Stasny considers to...

U.S. Agriculture Department undersecretary Scott Hutchins, who is in Bryan/College Station speaking at a conference, visits with WTAW's Tucker Young on The Infomaniacs June 17, 2026 about the New World Screwworm.

Bryan city councilman Jared Salvato visits with WTAW’s Tucker Young to discuss updates on  resuming construction at the Midtown Park entertainment venue and other features at the park, BTU’s new general manager, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. 

This podcast contains comments from the June 15, 2026 Bryan ISD school board meeting. Bryan ISD school board members approve administrator recommendations to hire three new principals. The unanimous votes at the end of Monday night's meeting (June 15) had no public comments from board members or administrators. All three selections are promotions from assistant principal positions in BISD. Whitney...

This podcast contains comments from the June 9, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting. Brazos County's district attorney updates county commissioners on recent jury trials. Jarvis Parsons report during the commission's June 9th meeting included convictions of one man for defrauding an elderly man and two men convicted of murder. Parsons said 44 percent of murders in Brazos County in the last 13 ye...

Kathleen Sanderson of the Bryan/College Station Salvation Army visits with WTAW's Tucker Young and Will Welch on The Infomaniacs June 15, 2026 about their collection of school supplies and fans and previews their June 25th "Behind The Red Shield" education event.